Tüskecsarnok is a modern, versatile, spectacular center. The facility located on the sports complex next to the InfoPark and the soft campus of ELTE can accommodate about twenty sports, so visitors can compete, train and cheer in one of the most modern sports complexes in the country. Due to the wide range of applications, insulation was needed that was resistant to environmental impacts and could withstand several types of loads.
The 4,000-seat hall is the venue for domestic and international sporting events. The central arena has been given a removable cover, making it suitable for competing in virtually all indoor sports, such as the Spike Hall, which also hosts ice sports events. The four gyms and two gyms can be used for training and preparation by professional competitors, in addition, the facility has a diagnostic laboratory and 35 changing rooms. Under the hall, a two-storey, 435-space underground garage was created.
The facility is named after a total of 84 “spikes” made of glass, six metres tall, six meters high, which give natural light to the arena, which are decorated in special night light. The hall is the fifth largest indoor sports complex in Hungary after the Papp László Budapest Sports Arena, the Phoenix Hall in Debrecen, the Arana in Győr and in Veszprém.
In addition to architectural solutions, this building has also been heavily emphasised on creating energy-efficient operating conditions. Accordingly, the energy modernization of the flat-roofed parts of the building is equipped with RAVATHERM XPS thermal insulation. Built in the late 1990s, the 10 cm thick Roofmate SL thermal insulation is extended with an additional 8 cm RAVATHERM XPS, now protected by thermal insulation with a thermal resistance of R = 5.60 m2K/W. The preservation of the old thermal insulation on this building was made possible by its impeccable condition and the special two-layer thermal insulation laying solution.
For more information about the inverted layer order laid in the two layers, see our article on the renovation of the inverted roofs.